Exhausted

First off let me start off by defining this word. Exhausted, To drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly as a person. This word describes perfectly how I have felt this week. It has been an emotionally, physically and spiritually draining week for me. I didn't start this blog to wine and complain I do have a point for this post. I have been constantly under attack this week. Its in times like these when we feel out of control that we know that God is in control. How blessed is the thought that even when we feel our worst that we have Someone who is in far better control? Take a moment to stop and look back over your week....and I mean really think about what happened and when it happened? Now can you honestly see that there was Someone else looking out for you? Friend...I strongly encourage you to ask God for His help. If you don't believe in Him ask Him to take you're life from you...He has far greater strength and a far better plan than we have for our own lives. No we aren't promised that life will be rosy and that out lives will be calm from here on out...but we are promised that HE will be right there to help us. Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord will be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble; And those who know Your name will put their trust in You for you O Lord have not forsaken those who seek You.

What doesnt kill us...

only makes us stronger or so the saying goes. In some ways that is true..we are given trials and tribulations and it is up to us how we take them. We can make excuses as to why this is happening and either tuck our head and give up or we can go through it with our heads up and strong. It all depends on your perspective and where your strength is coming from. God's promise to those who love Him isn't that we wont be faced with trials and hardships it is that when we do face them He will be right there to help us through. Look inside your self and make sure that you are gathering your strength from the right source. But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength they will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary and they will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

Cold wet rainy days.

Today is such a yucky gloomy wintry day...but I love it! Its perfect weather to curl up under the covers and read an awesome book. I am currently reading two books. One of them is called Authentic Beauty its by Leslie Ludy the other book is a series its called the Courtship of the Vicars Daughter Lawana Blackwell wrote it. The first one is a nonfiction book, it is about the importance of inner beauty rather than outer. It is something that this generation has lost almost completely. Now some might read this and take offense but it is sadly very true. It is so hard to grow up in a generation where inner beauty is lost and outer beauty has taken over. Character is important God tells us that the inner beauty is what is important. 1 Samuel16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature because I have rejected him, for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." We are all flawed and tend to look at how handsome a man is or at how pretty a lady looks. But it is important to also look past the outward appearance into the heart. It is important for us to not worry so much how we look on the outside and concentrate on what is on the inside. So I encourage all my fellow readers this week to stop and take a minute to look at whats inside of them. May God bless and keep you this week.

New Year Resolutions

This may be a subject that a lot of us do not want to think about or even approach. But I for one think that new years resolutions are a good way to map out what we intended to get out of this next year. I think its especially important to take a look inside of you at your Spiritual relationship with God, to see where you are how far you have come and how you intend to grow in this next year. My pastor preaches on 1 Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it Ebeneezer, saying thus far the Lord has helped us. We stop and take time to look back on the things that have happened with our church ans our members over the last year. We look at everything, the losses the blessings, everything. I think that it is a good way to see just how much God has done for us. I think that sometimes we get so caught up in the midst of the bad things that happen that we overlook the good things that He has done. I know I am very guilty of this, I look at the bad things instead of focusing on the positive side, the blessing side of things if you will. This next year I have made several new years resolutions but the most important one I have made is to love God more and serve Him more and the desires of my flesh less. To spend more time with Him and dwelling on Heavenly things and not to get so bogged down in this world. To have less of its stench on me and more of a Heavenly aroma about me if you will. So friend's I encourage to take time to look at this past year and see what God has done and look forward to what He will do this next year. If you don't have a deep and personal relationship with Him then I encourage you to get down on your knees and ask Him to show Himself to you, to say " Here I am Lord show me how to become your child and forgive me Lord for my many sins." He is always listening. May God bless you this next year and may you raise an Ebeneezer and say "Thus far the Lord has helped us."